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LAKEWOOD -- Danny Jensen’s ball skills and footwork were the key. The Evergreen sophomore didn’t score, but what he did do was pull the defense toward him. That set up Luke Adams to score the eventual game-winning goal as the fifth-seeded Cougars advanced to the 4A state semifinals on Nov. 3 with a 2-1 win over Jeffco League rival D’Evelyn at Lakewood Memorial Field.

It was not known whether Evergreen Republican Tim Leonard or Gilpin County Democrat Jeanne Nicholson had eked out a narrow win in the race for the state Senate District 16 seat as of late Wednesday afternoon.
At 5 p.m., the Denver Post reported Tim Leonard with 50.3 percent, or 27,690 votes, to Jeanne Nicholson’s 49.6 percent, or 27,318 votes, a difference of 372 votes.
But Nicholson campaign manager Tracy McIlrath contended that Nicholson was ahead by 518 votes, based on an afternoon survey of five county clerks' offices.

The 19-year-old Evergreen man accused of murder in the death of his 24-year-old sister, Elizabeth, on Hilltop Drive last April 8 pleaded guilty Nov. 3 to murder charges in Jefferson County district court.
Sentencing for Zach Santaguida was set for 8 a.m. Jan. 21. He faces 75 to 85 years in prison, according the Jeffco district attorney's office.
In August, Santaguida entered a not-guilty plea. A trial was set for January.
He has been held in jail without bond since his arrest on April 9.

In Jefferson County races, incumbents mostly held onto their seats, with the exceptions of District 3 Commissioner Kathy Hartman and Coroner Katherine Loughrey-Stemp, who lost to Republican challenger John Graham.

Voters soundly rejected Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 on Tuesday.
Amendment 60 was opposed by 77 percent of voters. The amendment would have reduced property taxes on a $300,000 house by $376, according to a September state Legislative Council memo to the General Assembly. The bulk of that would have come from slashing school-related property taxes, but the measure would also have substantially impacted special districts, which predominate in mountain communities.

If you’ve seen the political advertising that has now mercifully ended with the culmination of this year’s election cycle, you could easily be left with the belief that anyone who runs for political office in Colorado is an immoral opportunist seeking to destroy life as we know it.

A few things have broken down lately in my aging body. Split fingernails led me to my first real manicurist, Shannon Hoffman. No mere nail technician, Shannon is a miracle worker who has rescued my hands from tape and glue with her sensitive and individualized approach to nail care.
What did I know? I’d had the obligatory manicure for a few family functions and a couple of mass-produced pedicures during sandal season.